Mexico: Vaccination campaign against EHVC-T2, caring for rabbits

Rabbit farming is practiced in various areas of the country and contributes to the nutrition and economy of the producers. Mexico City, August 24, 2021.— Rabbit farming is an activity of the livestock sector that consists of raising rabbits, with the aim of producing mainly meat, although products such as fur and fur are also obtained, which are used in the clothing production. One of the diseases that threatens rabbit breeding is the viral haemorrhagic disease of the rabbit, EHVC-T2, which is characterized by causing the sudden death of infected animals. This disease is caused by a virus of the genus Lagovirus of the Caliciviridae family. Symptoms of this disease are fever, depression, poor appetite, eye bleeds, bloody frothy nasal discharge, shortness of breath, excitement, incoordination, body stiffness, and death, which occurs 12 to 36 hours after the onset of the disease. . The EHVC-T2 was detected by the technicians of the National Service of Health, Safety and Food Quality ...